Rabbi Ilana Krygier Lapides: Hungering for peace
By Rabbi Ilana Krygier Lapides (Calgary) – My father, of blessed memory, used to quote a curse, “May you live in interesting times.” I think…
Opinion
How ‘ceasefire’ became a dirty word, even to some progressive groups
by Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — Late last month, Jacob Frey, the Jewish mayor of Minneapolis, vetoed his city council’s resolution endorsing a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas…
OP/ED: Hamas Uses Star Wars to Invert the Truth
By Adam Girvitz (Calgary) – There is a great disturbance in the force. I have felt it. We recently bore witness to Hamas propaganda films…
Rabbi Mark Glickman: A plea for connection
by Rabbi Mark Glickman (Calgary) -“Rabbi, in my circles, Zionism is a bad word. What does the term Zionism mean to you?” The question came…
The best Jewish books I read in 2023
by Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — When I spoke with novelist Elizabeth Graver in August about her novel “Kantika” — inspired by her own Turkish Jewish…